Died in custody

Name not reported

died January 30, 1913 · Sunflower County, Mississippi

A Black man was in the custody of a deputy sheriff on a passenger train near Drew, Mississippi, on January 30, 1913, according to a dispatch published the next day. A mob took him from the deputy and hanged him from a telegraph pole. He was killed while held in the custody of the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

The Daily Missoulian, January 31, 1913, page 2 The Daily Missoulian, January 31, 1913

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